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- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsJamie FoxxRegina KingKerry WashingtonThe story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.
- DirectorOlivier DahanStarsMarion CotillardSylvie TestudPascal GreggoryBiopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.
- DirectorAlain CorneauStarsGérard DepardieuJean-Pierre MarielleAnne BrochetThe story of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe, fierce and somber man, grand master of the viola da gamba and professor of Marin Marais, prestigious musician in the court of Louis XIV.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsCompay SegundoIbrahim FerrerRubén GonzálezAging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.
- DirectorTodd FieldStarsCate BlanchettNoémie MerlantNina HossSet in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and the very first female director of a major German orchestra.
- DirectorScott HicksStarsGeoffrey RushArmin Mueller-StahlJustin BrainePianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
- DirectorBruce WeberStarsChet BakerCarol BakerVera BakerDocumentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's earlier life and some modern-day performances.
- DirectorStanley NelsonStarsMiles DavisThe life story of the legendary musician Miles Davis.
- DirectorMichael DibbStarsJimmy CobbShirley HornFrances DavisA review of the life and work of Miles Davis as told by those who knew and worked with him.
- DirectorChristopher WilkinsonStarsRon CarterRoy HaynesJimmy HeathOn June 1, 2008 six jazz legends met at Catalina's Bar and Grill in Hollywood to discuss Miles Davis' life and career.
- DirectorMiles DavisStarsRon CarterMiles DavisHerbie HancockOne of the most innovative jazz musicians ever, the great Miles Davis (1926-1991) was both the primary creator of the "cool jazz" school and the link between jazz and rock and roll as the leader of some of the most outstanding fusion groups. On this DVD you can experience Mile's cool sound playing with John Coltrane and the Gil Evans Orchestra in 1959, as well as a few tunes from 1967 with his stellar group featuring Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. Although highly experimental, the group's music was still strictly jazz and was to be Miles Davis' last acoustic quintet.
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsTom HanksAustin ButlerOlivia DeJongeThe life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsBob GeldofChristine HargreavesJames LaurensonA confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
- DirectorJeff L. LiebermanStarsEric BurdonLeopoldo FlemingMartha FlowersWith musical proclamations like 'Mississippi Goddam' and an iconic style, Nina Simone was both loved and feared throughout the 1960s for her outspoken vision of Black Freedom. Today, Nina is more popular eleven years after her death than ever before. President Barack Obama listed 'Sinnerman' in his top 5 favorite songs, and whether re-mixed, re-sampled or in its pure form, Nina's music continues to empower people around the world with its unrelenting appeal for justice. With new insights into her musical journey from Classical Music and the segregated South, the worlds of Jazz and Civil Rights, through her erratic behavior and self-exile, Nina's legacy is chartered all the way to the place where she found freedom.
- DirectorCharlotte ZwerinStarsThelonious MonkJohn ColtraneJimmy ClevelandA documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Sphere Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with friends and family about the offbeat genius.
- DirectorJean-Baptiste MondinoStarsTom WaitsNeith HunterJake LaMotta"Downtown Train" is a song by Tom Waits released on his album Rain Dogs in 1985. The Jean-Baptiste Mondino directed video for the song features former World Middleweight Champion Jake LaMotta, who was famously portrayed by Robert DeNiro in Raging Bull.
- StarsTony PomfretThis is a documentary which looks at this extraordinary musician and performer's music during that period. After Waits' marriage to Katherine Brennan in 1980, his music became more experimental, challenging and left field, but without any compromise of his craft, the songs were better than ever. Through album after album during the 1980's, the 90's and the 2000's, Waits stunned his audience time and time again. We now look at these records and the man who made them, and in doing so present the most enlightening, revealing and downright entertaining Tom Waits documentary yet to emerge.
- DirectorLian LunsonStarsLeonard CohenBonoRufus WainwrightA documentary on the legendary singer-songwriter, with performances by those musicians he has influenced.
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsChristian BaleCate BlanchettHeath LedgerRuminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.
- DirectorIain ForsythJane PollardStarsNick CaveSusie BickWarren EllisWriter and musician Nick Cave marks his 20,000th day on the planet Earth.
- StarsDaniel BarenboimThe Philharmonia OrchestraCarlos VillaOn the occasion of Beethoven's 200th birthday, Daniel Barenboim, at the piano and with help from Adrian Boult, the New Philharmonia Orchestra and Jacqueline du Pré, takes an affectionate look at some of the composer's most important works.
- DirectorMurray LernerStarsIsaac SternDavid GolubDelun LiIsaac Stern's cultural tour of China is seen, with the master violinist performing and mentoring young Chinese musicians. He visits rehearsals of the Peking Opera, meeting with their musicians who use traditional Chinese instruments, and also visits a sports academy and other venues. The lingering effects of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), which opposed any western influences and oppressed those who introduced western approaches, are evident in the lack of skill development among many of the young musicians and the emphasis on technical skill rather than artistic interpretation.
- DirectorBruce SpiegelStarsConnie AtkinsonTony BennettBill CharlapBill Evans Time Remembered is a 90-minute documentary film, produced by Bruce Spiegel which tells the story of Bill Evans' turbulent life and his contribution to jazz music.
- DirectorLouis CavrellStarsSteve AllenBill EvansHarry Evans
- DirectorBruno MonsaingeonStarsHumphrey BurtonGlenn GouldBruno Monsaingeon signs a new masterpiece. He decided to talk about the question of Gould's genius in its totality. Based on dialogues between Gould (through the voice of Mathieu Amalric) and real characters, this documentary forms a polyphony in which the voices answer one another in echoes.
- DirectorWolf KoenigRoman KroitorStarsGlenn GouldBanquoMrs. Wm. DoolittleIn preparation for a recording session in New York City, Glenn Gould, as he usually does, first makes a stop at at the Steinway showroom to choose from among the many concert grand pianos available which he would like to use for the recording. Mention is made of his favorite piano on which to practice, namely the one at his recreational property on the shores of Lake Simcoe, his tastes in such not for the bells and whistles of newer instruments, said piano which is seventy years old with a tone and touch more reminiscent of a harpsichord. Mention is also made of his wish to retire from performing at age thirty-five, eight years away, to concentrate on composing. And while he is known primarily for performing the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, he favors more contemporary atonal music. He himself talks about among other things performing on stage versus in a recording studio, and why he doesn't attend concerts of other musicians.
- DirectorMichèle HozerPeter RaymontStarsCornelia FossGlenn GouldA documentary on the mysterious and influential pianist.
- DirectorFrançois GirardStarsColm FeoreDerek KeurvorstKatya LadanA collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
- DirectorWolf KoenigRoman KroitorStarsGlenn GouldHoward ScottStanley JacksonToronto-based pianist Glenn Gould is in New York City to record Johann Sebastian Bach's Italian Concerto, four years after Gould made an international name for himself with his bestselling recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations. Gould will perform each of the three movements several times over the course of his stay in the studio in his perfectionism, he and the recording crew who will critically review each. That recording crew will have to deal with some of Gould's idiosyncrasies, some problematic, such as his tendency to hum when he plays, and some just humorous, such as he conducting himself when he has a free hand when he is playing. Gould will also have to deal with some of what he would consider necessary evils of the process, such as publicity, including having publicity photos taken. Away from the piano, he talks about his career, being in New York compared to his home in Toronto or anywhere else in Canada, and his very conscious decision, unlike many artists, not to live in the creative epicenter of New York.
- DirectorFrançois RibadeauStarsGlenn GouldBruno MonsaingeonFilmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon visits piano virtuoso Glenn Gould more than ten years after his self-imposed exile from the stage, which results in a mixture of interview and performance.
- DirectorYosif FeyginbergStarsVladimir AshkenazyGlenn GouldMstislav RostropovichA look at the acclaimed pianist's 1957 trip to the Soviet Union, when he became - at age 24 - the first North American to perform behind the Iron Curtain. The film features previously unheard recordings of Gould's concerts in Moscow and Leningrad, including his recital and lecture at the Leningrad Conservatory.
- DirectorBruno MonsaingeonStarsSvyatoslav RichterThis biography of Sviatoslav Richter, the great Russian pianist who dedicated his life to music and had little regard for fame in the West, shines a light on his formative years and places him against the setting of a chaotic USSR culture.
- DirectorBruno MonsaingeonStarsGidon KremerYehudi MenuhinDavid OistrakhA portrait of violinist David Oïstrakh, from his birth in Odessa in 1908 until his in 1974, and his career under Stalin's left wing terrorist regime. Featuring interviews with his peers Menuhin, Rostropovich and Rojdesvensky, this biography asks the question: was Oïstrakh really 'an artist of the people' as the communists called him?
- DirectorBruno MonsaingeonStarsMstislav RostropovichYehudi MenuhinPau CasalsRostropovich, who had already achieved international recognition in the 1950s, was forced to flee his country in 1972. He defended Solzhenitsyn who was expelled from the USSR for having published the "Gulag archipelago". Deprived from of his citizenship by the Soviet authorities, Rostropovich settled in Paris and Washington. This gave birth to his legend.
- StarsMstislav RostropovichCello virtuoso Mstislav (Slava) Rostropovich plays six Johann Sebastian Bach suites for cello solo. Recorded at the La basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Vézelay, France in 1991.
- DirectorAdam KahanStarsRahsaan Roland KirkBetty NealsSteve TurreThe story of multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk; who went from blind infant, to child prodigy, to adult visionary, to political activist, and finally to paralyzed showman. A seemingly superhuman musical force who played literally until the day he died.
- DirectorMichael DibbStarsGary BurtonIan CarrChick CoreaA documentary portrait of one of the world's superstars of Jazz, pianist Keith Jarrett, exploring his life and work.
- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsTim RothPruitt Taylor VinceMélanie ThierryA baby boy discovered on an ocean liner in 1900 grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsF. Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth BerridgeThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
- DirectorPeter FarrellyStarsViggo MortensenMahershala AliLinda CardelliniA working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
- DirectorBao NguyenStarsLionel RichieHarriet SternbergWendy ReesOn January 28th 1985, dozens of the era's most popular musicians gathered in Los Angeles to record a charity single for African famine relief. Setting egos aside, they collaborated on a song that would make history.
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsMichael JacksonAlex AlAlexandra ApjarovaA compilation of interviews, rehearsals, and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.